Antifriction journal-bearing.



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ANTIFRIGTION JOURNAL BEARING.

ufm'oumn FILED JULY 9, 1910.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE WILLIAM WOLFGANG SCHIESL, or MiLWhUKEE, Wisconsin, assreuon or our:- EoUETn: To FRED scHMITT, or MILWAUKEE, wrsconsnv.

ANTIFBICTION JOURNAL-BEARING.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. '7, 1914;

Application filed July 9, 1910. Serial No. 571,176.

- SCHIESL, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State. of Wisconsin; have invented new and useful Improvements in Antifriction,

J ournal-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to improvements in antifriction roller bearings for journals, and the same is explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view, part in section. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig.3 is a detail showing an end view of the journal and the roller bearings thereon, and Fig. 4 represents a side view of one of the roller bearings removed from the shaft.

Like parts are identified by the same reference numerals throughout the several views. 1 represents one end'of a shaft in connection with ajournal box 2.

3 represents an annular series of bearing rollers which are supported around and upon the periphery of the journal.

4 represents the base member of the j ournal box upon the upper side of which the bearing rollers rest. The bearing rollers are preferably centrally supported upon the shaft 5 and are located at short intervals apart, the space between such bearings form- -ing the annular channels 6 for the reception of-the annular ribs 7 of the journal a'nd the journal box is provided with inwardly projecting annular ribs 8, which are adapted to enter the annular channels 6 upon the opposite'side of the roller bearings from the annular ribs 7 of the shaft. Thus it will be obvious that all longitudinal movements or end thrusts of the roller bearings 3 are resisted by the annular ribs 8, while the end thrust or longitudinal movements of the shaft 1 are resisted by contact of the annular ribs 7 with the ends of the roller bearings 3 within the annular channels 6, whereby said. parts cooperate to retain the journa in place in the journal bearings. 4

The several roller bearings 3 are retained in their proper relative position to each other around the journal bearings by the pinions 9 cooperating with the collars 11 and 13, said shafts 5 being provided at their respective ends with one of said pinions and said pinions 9 are adapted to engage upon the inner sides with the annular series of gear teeth 10 of the collar 11 and upon their outer sides with the annular series of gear teeth 12 of the collar 13, and said collars 11 and 13 are retained in place on said pinions 9 by the collars 14, and collar retaining pins 15. The object of the pinions 9 and of. the toothed collars 11 and 13 is to retain the roller bearings 3 at their proper distances apart around the journal bearings of the shaft, whereby said roller bearings are prevented from coming in contact with each other. It will be understood that the collars 11 and 13 are adapted to travel with the series of roller bearings 3 around and upon the journal box 2, as the shaft 1 is revolved.

While I have shown and described my invention as used in connection with the sta- 3y journal box andrevoluble shaft, it be obvious that if desired the journal box and bearings may be located in the hub of a wheel which is adapted to operate upon a stationary shaft without materially departing from the spirit and purpose of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the described class the combination of a journal box, a journal located in said box, an annular series of bearing rollers interposed between the periphery of said journal and journal box, two annular series of pinions, a pinion being supported from near the respective ends of each of said bearing rollers, two pairs of toothed collars lars belng adapted to retain said bearing rollers at uniform distances around said tio journal andtwo annular series of collars,

one collar being revolubly' supported upon in the presence of two witnesses.

'each end of each bearin roller, said collars WILLIAM WOLFGANG SGHIESL.

being adapted to retain t e toothed collars in Witnesses: 5 lace on said pinions, substantially as set JAs. B. ERWIN,

iorth. LYMAN G.- Wmmmn.

In testimony wl1ereof= I aflik my signature 

